Tag fastener



May 23, 1939. 'a. Y. JACOBSON TAG FASTENER Filed March 26, 1938 INVENTOR Benno YJacakmn y ATTO NEY Patented 'May 23, 1939 i 3 UNITED? STATES TAG FASTENER Benno Y. Jacobson, New York, N. Y. 7 Application March 26, 1938, Serial No. 198,168

. 1 5 Claims. My invention relates to improvements in tag fasteners such as used for pricing ormarking linen and garments, etc.

The object of my invention is to provide a tag fastener which may be quickly attached to or detached from. a fabric without injuring the goods, and that will not become detached under normal conditions of use.

A further object is to provide a tag construction which may be made at a low cost and the jaws of which will not pierce the material to which it is attached but will hold securely thereto by a clamping action in'such a manner that :the material to which the tag is attached will not be distorted bypressureof the jaws of the tag fastener.

Further objects of the invention will be disclosed in the following specification in which,

Fig. 1 is a front. side elevational view of a tag fastener as it appears in its normal condition.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the tag fastener as shown in Fig. 1 showing the jaws of the tag in their open position.

Fig. 3'is a side fragmental view of the jaws of the tag fastener with a piece of fabric held thereby in clamped relation.

, Fig. 4 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the notched jaw construction.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the notched jaw construction.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the jaws as they appear when notch feature is omitted and the corners are relied upon to prevent displacement of the fabric.

The tag fasteners are made of spring wire, usually about of an inch in diameter, and bent by machine operations to the desired form, while the jaws are formed by the use of punch and die operations well known to the art.

The construction shown in Fig. 1 consists of a wire having stiff spring quality, bent into the form shown to provide a straight end portion llI-, side portions II II- respectively spaced from each other a'predetermined' distance, and the free ends of which are formed to provide jaw members l2- and l2'- respectively.

The right side portion II- is bent and extends across to the left side as illustrated by l l'- and then bent into curved form as shown at I3 so that the under side of the jaw I 2- is curved and flattened as illustrated at |4.

The left side portion H is also bent at l5- and extends across to the right side and far side and in contact with the right side portion II- to serve as a guide for said portion, said guide being indicated by [6- which includes a return bend portion l6- which rests closely above the portion 16- and is bent at I'I- to form an abutment limiting the movement of the right side portion H.

The portion l|- extends from said abutment parallel with the portions "5- and |6 to form an open ended passage the width of which is but slightly greater than that of the diameter of the wire,,and serves as a guide to insure the proper coaction of the jaw members l2 and I2.

The jaws are positioned one above the other and normally rest in slightly spaced relation to permit the fabric to lie between them without being clasped until the ends of the jaws have overlapped a short distance, when further closing movement will bring the jaws closely together in gripping relation to the fabric without injury thereto.

This spacing serves to provide a construction which will serve to hold fabrics of varying thickness between the jaws without injury.

To prevent the fabric from being withdrawn from the jaws by accidental tugs thereon, the

jaws are flattened, the upper jaw on the under side thereof and the lower jaw on the top side, and the ends are notched as illustrated in Fig. 4 which serves to provide sharp corners l8 l8 respectively, which corners and edge portions of the notches bury themselves in the fabric and prevent it from moving in the jaws.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification in the form of the jaw members, the ends being made substantially straight across the jaws, and the corners l8'-- act to secure the material in a proper manner when used with relatively thick fabrics, as will be readily understood.

By increasing the width ofthe jaw members by flattening the ends of the wire, the notches may be of substantial width and the corners are prevented from digging thru the fabric by the wide surfaces of the jaws resting in contact with the fabric and providing sufficient surface for the gripping action to hold by pressure and friction.

The device is operated in the usual manner by pressing the side members II II-- toward each other to open the jaws, then slipping the jaws over the fabric andreleasing the pressure on the side members.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new:

1. A fastener formed from a single piece of wire bent upon itself to provide two side portions which lie substantially parallel thruout a portion of their length and which are bent so as to cross one another, the ends of said wire being formed to provide gripping jaw members which extend in spaced overlapping relation during a part of their closing movement and serve to clasp material placed between them.

2. The construction defined in claim 1 together with; said fastener being formed with means for guiding said jaws into proper co-acting relation. f v

3. A fastener formed from a single piece of wire bent upon itself to provide two side portions which lie substantially parallel thruout a portion of their length and which are bent so as to cross one another, the ends of said wire being formed to provide gripping jaw members I which extend in spaced overlapping relation .prising a single piece of wire bent to provide two side members which are spaced apart and bent to extend across each other, and gripping jaws formed on their'ends which rest in overlapping v relation and form a clasp.

'5. The construction defined in claim 1, together with, said fastener having a portion bent to form a passage having an abuntment at one 7 end thereof and open at its opposite end and having a width substantially equal to the diameterof the wire, and serving to guide the jaw members into co-operative relation. BENNO Y. JACOBSON. 

